Quotes from Bebe Buell

I was from a generation that didn't think that far into the future. We thought opportunities would always exist, that we would be fifteen forever.

I just think that models and rock stars, and actors and actresses, all tend to flock to one another.

I'm on a perpetual quest for air-conditioning.

I got involved in Liv's career because I didn't want to throw my daughter to the wolves of the Hollywood world when she was so young.

I was dangerous and damn good-looking.

I think everybody's a groupie for something. I mean, women used to stand on seaports and wait for the guys to come in on ships. They were ship groupies.

I was a very independent, successful girl. I made my own money, I bought my own airline tickets. When I got a paycheck, I went to Bergdorf and I bought my own clothes. There were no rock stars buying me my clothes.

I'm not a corporate machine. I'm not Lady Gaga, I'm not Madonna, I don't have a million dollars behind me and big giant record companies. I am an organic artist.

I think groupies are pretty harmless.

Liv never wanted to be a hellion. From an early age, she used to make all these wish lists for herself and then try to live up to them.

The quest for love became all consuming to the point where I would give up shooting the cover of 'Glamour' magazine to go be with someone I was crazy about. I look back on that now and I would never let my own child do that, but I don't regret it.

I guess I was pretty hot.

There was a difference between the rock 'n' roll royalty, the woman who was married to or dating a rock star and the girl that hung out and just wanted sex.

My roots are in music. But Eileen Ford saw my high school graduation picture, and next thing I knew I was on a plane to New York. That's what threw a monkey wrench in it. The modeling.

My reputation is so overblown. I can count the number of men I've been with on two hands; it just seems like a lot because you recognize their names.

Todd introduced me to the world I always dreamed of being a part of.

The whole British invasion sort of changed my life. It made me want to move to New York.

David Bowie always told me how good I smelt. He said to me he had never smelt Chanel smell like that on anybody!

I was always included - I mean, I loved being downtown at Max's Kansas City and CBGB's and all that, but you could also always take me uptown.

What Kim Kardashian has done with her family and brand is brilliant!

A lot of guys picked up an instrument because they couldn't get girls to pay attention to them in high school. They turned to the guitar as a sure-fire aphrodisiac. And most of the time, it did the trick.

I had lovely boyfriends. For your first three boyfriends to be Mick Jagger, Todd Rundgren, and David Bowie, I don't think anyone would have a problem with that.

I know people may find this hard to believe, but there were lots of times when I would be just too tired to go out. I'd have Mick Jagger calling me on the phone saying, 'Oh, Bebe, please come out,' and I would be like, 'Oh, please, I've gotta go to sleep.'

When I met Groucho Marx, I had butterflies in my stomach. And I met him at a Led Zeppelin party, which is ironic.